OurResident AdvisoryCommittees.
Tasmania (TRAC)
Victoria (VRAC)
The Victorian committee has seven members and meets every two or three months. This year the committee: Regularly reviewed Housing Choices’ Key Performance Indicators for Victoria and provided advice on areas of improvement Considered and approved eight applications from resident groups and support partner organisations to the Housing Choices Resident Community Fund (valued at $23,647) Helped to develop communications to residents regarding: - Change in Housing O cer standard communication - Flyers for FISH (Financial Inclusion in Social Housing) Program - Proposed resident mechanism to reward HCA sta for going above and beyond duty, to tie into GEM program - Rent Card trial communication - Revisement of Lock Out Policy communication - Resident Meeting Invitation (addition to standard invitation, providing room for residents to submit their issue should they be unable to attend meeting) Attended workshop to provide feedback on development of new, user-friendly and accessible communications, resident-facing website Approved and provided feedback regarding implementation of Your Futures Scholarship program proposal Aligned TRAC and VRAC 2019 scheduling to prepare for SARAC and National Committee Voted on Home Is Where the Art Is competition, selecting four winners from the submissions. • • • • • • •
The Tasmanian committee has nine members and meets five times a year. This year the committee: Reviewed and made recommendations about the Resident Newsletter Commenced having joint meetings with the Victorian Committee Reviewed the entries for the garden competition and selected the best ten gardens state-wide to win $100 Bunnings voucher each Attended the Harmony Day event in Hobart at Queens Walk and assisted on the day Met with the Housing Choices Australia Board Participated in reviewing state-wide community development activities and made recommendations on possible activities for 2018-19. • • • • • • The South Australian committee (Common Ground Adelaide) has nine members and meets every two months. This year the committee: Initiated and assisted in the development of a new tenant welcome pack Established an LGBTQI+ group for Housing Choices residents who identify as being part of this community Discussed the development of strategies to promote safe and respectful relationships amongst the Housing Choices community including Hosting the Rise Above the Pack workshop for tenants facilitated by YWCA addressing the issue of violence against women Established a resident survey regarding smoking outside the Light Square Complex Discussed solutions to address barriers to internet access. • • • • • SouthAustralia (CGA)
Special thanks toBrookeParsons who resigned from the committee this year. Brooke has been a key member of the inaugural Victoria Resident Advisory Committee since its inception in 2013.
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